Thank you very much for the note! It is very helpful.
Curt, WE7U wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Jim Tolbert wrote:
From a laptop at a ground search incident command, I would like to
track, and plot the tracks of, up to 20 GPS units on ground searchers.
It seems from what I have read that the Garmin Rino units with Xastir &
GPSman will do this.
I have downloaded Cygwin & Xastir and can successfully run Xastir on my
Windows XP laptop. I am NOT a programmer and have done this only by
following a recipe in the help files.
I wouldn't suggest running Xastir under Cygwin for SAR purposes.
I'd suggest either switching to Linux as the base OS (highest
reliability), or else go with VMWare Player running Linux/Xastir
inside it. I'm not sure whether the GPSMan stuff will work under
either system though. I've only used GPSMan under Linux.
I have a 3 year old laptop (Windows XP) that I could dedicate to this. I have
to wipe the disk anyway. What Linux do I want? Do I reformat the disk before
installing Linux? What do I do about various device drivers?
* There are not many funds and I think I can have but one trip to
the well. What all should be considered? Must have, should have,
nice to have, Lexus version.
For stuff that's in current production and would do what you need,
go for Kenwood TH-D7A(G) handhelds and attach a mapping GPS. They
won't do digipeating but they'll give you the most capability
otherwise. Once the Tracker2's are in production I'd go that way
due to the digipeating and capability to create objects on the GPS,
but that'll complicate the wiring as you now have three devices
(including a 2-meter radio), another cable, and a battery to
integrate in. I don't think I'd go the RINO route. With APRS (as
opposed to RINO) you'll need at least once ham radio licensee in
order to maintain the control function, but you _don't_ need a ham
radio guy to carry the setup.
Another stupid question,...... What does the automatic polling of the
field GPS units -- Xastir or the "Digipeater" (I obviously don't know
what this is <grin>)?
Many thanks .......... Jim TOlbert
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